AMA Ratings

Rooted in Distinction

Phil’s first book was The AMA Guides Made Simple. It is a best-seller in the work comp world. Download “The Ratings” chapter from The AMA Guides Made Simple for a preview of Phil’s work.

The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment [Fifth Edition] is the 600-page textbook written by the American Medical Association to teach doctors how to calculate an injured worker’s permanent impairment from an injury or disease.

Expertise and Calling

The AMA Guides Made Simple text was adopted in California’s work comp system in 2005. It is used in 35 states, Canada, and throughout the Commonwealth in work comp and injury legal systems.

Phil is one of the 10 international experts on the book.

As a result of his work, he has been called upon to teach and lecture to physicians, lawyers, and claims adjusters across America. He has taught for the Mayo Clinic, Florida Work Comp, Utah Work Comp, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians, American College of Occupational Medicine, Calif. Orthopedic Association, and hundreds of employers, law firms, physician groups, insurers, and administrators.

The medicine of workers’ comp has been one of Phil’s passions since he started in work comp in 1982.

What Does Phil Walker Do?

In honor of that history and passion, Phil Walker maintains a place in work comp and permanent impairment evaluation through philwalker.do.

The name came about because, when faced with questions about The AMA Guides, people would say, “What Does Phil Walker Do?”

Industries Served

Phil has been contacted by The University of California, Marriott, Stanford Medical Center, Sutter Health, schools, cities, airlines, universities, law firms, and claims adjusters.

Bridging The Connection

Askphilwalker.com's existence is essential to philwalker.do. It means that the company maintains a direct connection with the heart of workers’ comp: fully and fairly paying valid claims and aggressively disputing those which are false or excessive. It shows how the passion of philwalker.do to help employers save money in workers’ comp works in direct, hands-on application.